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IM STUCK.....:-(

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Laura

Laura Report 12 Sep 2006 20:34

Hiya everyone, i have just startedmy tree, but i have very little record of my grandparents etc... I dont know where to start any tips??? :-)

Simone

Simone Report 12 Sep 2006 20:43

Hi Laura If you know enough, i.e names, when where born you could get there birth certs to find out parents names. It really depends what info you already know. If you post some info on here someone will help look them up in the Birth, marriage and death indexes or on the census, and then they can point you in the right direction from there. Simone x

Unknown

Unknown Report 12 Sep 2006 20:44

Look on the 'getting started' section on the homepage of this site - scroll down to find it. Always start with what you know and work towards what you don't know. Use certificates to get information until you reach 1901 when you can start looking for people on censuses. nell

Laura

Laura Report 12 Sep 2006 20:50

ahhhhhhhh thank you everyone... I have managed my parents, grandparents, but its the Great GP im stuck on as my parents dont know the surnames of the women before they married.... any tips on this???

Laura

Laura Report 12 Sep 2006 20:54

ok i have my grandad called 'FRANK WILLIAM CRIPPS' BORN 1922 (i think) in kent (we think) oh god im usless... my dad said his dad was called 'JERRY CRIPPS' married to a lady called 'ALICE' (surname not known) Can anyone help me out from here??

Laura

Laura Report 12 Sep 2006 20:59

NO :-( im usless but my dad thinks its like 1900 ish or a little bit before

Simone

Simone Report 12 Sep 2006 21:04

Laura There is a Frank W H Cripps born in Sep quarter of 1922- district Thanet, Volume 2a, page 1863. The record says his mother's maiden name is Harman. I'll se if I can find a marriage for Alice Harman to a Cripps. Was Frank the oldest child or where ther others. Simone x

Uncle John

Uncle John Report 12 Sep 2006 21:11

If you've got your grandparents' marriage details (I mean you've actually found them in the FreeBMD index on Ancestry with the corrrect surname of the person they married) the details of place, date, volume and page number will enable you to send for the marriage certificate. That will give the names of their parents (your great-grandparents), and your great-grandmother's maiden name. That way you'll learn what Jerry Cripps really was called and what his wife was called before she got married. And then do the same for the other set of grandparents. Getting the certificates is the key, and should be well worth £7 each, to get back one more generation.

Simone

Simone Report 12 Sep 2006 21:36

Hi Laura Alice E Harman married a Frank Cripps in June q 1915, district Thanet, Vol 2a page 2888 maybe Jerry was a nickname The marriage cert will tell who both their fathers were, their ages at marriage, and you can then trace them on the census. Simone